"Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you."
"We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment."
"Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea."
"Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said."
"Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy."
"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of."
"Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming."
"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it."
"Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book."
"The book you don't read won't help."
"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."
"Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know."
"It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions."
"When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it."
"Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value."
"Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future."
"Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day."
"Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process."
"Make measurable progress in reasonable time."
"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."
"Labor gives birth to ideas."
"Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins."
"Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well."
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."
"Money is usually attracted, not pursued."
